John Hamel remembers the precise moment it hit him. Driving through his hometown of Revere, Mass. on a warm summer day in 2005, he noticed a nail salon to his left. He drove a little farther and saw ...

You'll find a pool table in many a bar and basement, but are you brave enough to pick up the cue stick? Knowing how to hold your own in a game of pool is great for social situations with friends who ...

It’s magnets! Seriously. There’s a layer of iron underneath the cue ball that gets nudged and pulled by a strong magnet inside the pool table so that it gets put on a completely different track from ...

Brad is a List & Features writer who tends to write about TV shows & triple-A, multiplayer-focused games. Brad holds a 1st Class BA degree in Digital Marketing. 8-Ball Pool allows the player to change ...

In a billiards parlor in Hoboken, New Jersey, Andy “Magic Man” Segal leans over the back table, angles his stick in the air, and stabs downward. The cue ball jumps in the air and lands on the felt, ...

If you've ever played pool on a table that takes quarters and also aren't particularly good at pool, you have probably landed the cue ball in the pocket. Repeatedly. And even though the stripes and ...

Pool is as much a battle against chaos as it is a battle between two opponents. Unless you’re a pro, it’s likely you’ll misalign your cue stick with the cue ball, or miscalculate the angle for your ...

April 20 (UPI) --A French billiards player and trick shot expert constructed the world's largest pool cue and set five other billiards-related records. Florian "Venom Trickshots" Kohler, 28, brought ...